| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to sick leave for school district |
| 3 | employees; amending s. 1012.61, F.S.; authorizing each |
| 4 | district school system to provide a policy allowing |
| 5 | the donation of accrued sick leave to any district |
| 6 | employee; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section |
| 11 | 1012.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 12 | 1012.61 Sick leave.- |
| 13 | (2) PROVISIONS GOVERNING SICK LEAVE.-The following |
| 14 | provisions shall govern sick leave: |
| 15 | (e) Use by family member or other district employee.- |
| 16 | 1. Each district school system must provide a policy under |
| 17 | which a district employee may authorize his or her spouse, |
| 18 | child, parent, or sibling who is also a district employee to use |
| 19 | sick leave that has accrued to the authorizing employee. |
| 20 | 2. Each district school system may provide a policy under |
| 21 | which a district employee may authorize any district employee to |
| 22 | use sick leave that has accrued to the authorizing employee. |
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| 24 | In developing the policy, the district school board must provide |
| 25 | that the recipient may not use the donated sick leave until all |
| 26 | of his or her sick leave has been depleted, excluding sick leave |
| 27 | from a sick leave pool, if the recipient participates in a sick |
| 28 | leave pool. Donated sick leave under this paragraph shall have |
| 29 | no terminal value as provided in this subsection. |
| 30 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |